Monday Morning Beach Clean
Today was our first planned activity of the new academic year where we got together with a group of amazingly motivated young apprentices from all different programmes; and staff from NTC’s Adult Learning Service to take part in a beach clean on one of our beautiful beaches in North Tyneside, Tynemouth. It was a warm September day and there was a very low tide waiting for us when we arrived as we prepared ourselves with bags and litter pickers very generously given by NTC Environmental Services team. We started out on the gorgeous golden sands with the sun high in the sky but found that rubbish was strangely elusive, but what we did gather was carefully deposited into our rubbish bags ready for Sean from NTC Cleansing Services to collect and take away. What was abundantly clear was the time spent on the beach was time put to good use, not only in contribution to being good citizens or becoming more environmentally aware of the consequences of rubbish pollution but in making new friends, talking about experiences and laughing at how difficult it is to walk over bumpy, slippy sand! Today wasn’t just about contributing and giving back to our community and environment it was about getting together in a beautiful environment to ward off the Monday morning blues and feeding our souls.
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